In anger Van Dorn placed him under arrest for cowardice, redistributed his ammunition to Clark's Battery and ordered Hart's guns to the rear.

Lt. S. H. Calhoun, having been on detached service and not present with his battery at the time referred to in this order, is exempted from the censure herein contained, and having resigned his commission has leave of absence until the pleasure of the President can be known in his case.

"[13][15] A members of the battery attached themselves to various Arkansas and Missiour commands as General Van Dorn's Army of the West moved east.

After boarding steamboats at Des Arc and being transported by water to Memphis and then by rail to Corinth Mississippi, the army arrived just days after the Battle of Shiloh.

Other former members of the Dallas Artillery remained with the Army of the West in Northern Mississippi, now under command of Major General Price.

It having been satisfactorily proven to a court of inquiry, convened for the purpose of investigating the conduct of certain men, formerly members of the artillery company known as Hart's Battery, at the battle of Elkhorn, that those men were guilty of no misconduct on the battle-field, it is hereby ordered that they, viz, Charles E. Steele, M. M. Tice, W. D. Moore, John Kennedy, B. L. Allen, William Masterson, N. B. Milton, and James Pitkins, be, and they are hereby, relieved from the censure contained in General Orders No.

10, dated Headquarters Trans-Mississippi District, Van Buren, Ark., March 22, 1862, disbanding Hart's Battery Light Artillery 'for shameful conduct in the presence of the enemy'.

"[17]It is not possible to track exactly what became of most of the enlisted personnel of the original Dallas Artillery because no muster roll of this first organization has survived, but a few members are mentioned in the Official Records of the American Civil War.

Lieutenant Charles Ringer, became an Ordnance Sergeant of Captain Guibor's 1st Missouri Light Artillery and was subsequently captured at Vicksburg.

By June 14, 1862, Hart was apparently present and busy reorganizing his command:[20] Head Quarters Army of the South West Little Rock Arks.

Col McAlmont, Enrolling Officer of Pulaski County, will turn over to Lt. O'Connell fifty conscripts, to be attached to Capt [William] Hart's Company of Artillery.

Your communications by the cars are just in, owing to a fire on the train which caused considerable loss, which I have not time to explain and will be telegraphed you from Brownsville.

Daniel with one of his pieces to Pyburns Bluff five miles by land below this supported by two companies cavalry to fire on the enemy's transports and harass him so as to detain him.

[Robert] C. Newton Chief of Staff[27]With the censure lifted, at least officially, Hart's Battery was reconstituted on August 1, 1862, at Camp White Sulphur Springs, Arkansas.

[33] In December 1862, in accordance with orders issued by General Churchill, Captain Hart sent Lieutenant William Tiller with one section of rifled guns to harass Union shipping on the Mississippi.

Lieutenant Tiller and his section, probably supported by Cavalry, intercepted the Union Transport "Blue Wing" at Cypress Ben, eight miles below the town of Napoleon, Arkansas and forced her to surrender.

[36] Porter's gunboats picked up infantry from Lindsey's brigade and ferried them across the river who climbed into the crumbling remains of Fort Hindman.

As the two conferred, Deshler noticed Steele's men continually moving closer and demanded they be ordered to stop or he'd open fire again.

Col. Robert R. Garland's report stated:[38] Sunday, the 11th, about sunrise, Dawson's regiment with four pieces of Hart's battery were ordered from my right to the left of the line.

[38]Another Texas commander describing the service of Hart's Battery at Arkansas Post stated:[39] Their [Union] attack by land was less successful; on the right they were repulsed twice in attempting to storm our works, and on the left were driven back with great slaughter in no less than eight different charges.

Considerable discussions were underway with Lee and the War Department regarding the necessity to reinforce Bragg's army in Tennessee or the garrison at Vicksburg, on the Mississippi.

With very few troops available to counter a raid on the capital by Union Major General George Stoneman's 10,000-strong cavalry force, the Confederate War Department called on the returned Arkansas Post prisoners, then being housed in Petersburg awaiting the release of their officers, to help defend the capitol.

"[44] That evening, the Arkansas Post prisoners were marched from "Moddle Farm" into the northern suburbs of Richmond and to man the fortifications of the city's defensive works.

"Richmond AG to Capt Chas D Meyers AAG Petersburg-Send here the exchanged officers referred to in Petersburg Dispatch, especially those belonging to the Texas troops sent here yesterday."

[44] That same day Confederate Secretary of War Seddon directed Confederate General Joe Johnston to "Proceed at once to Ms and take chief command of the force's, as far as practical---Arrange to take with you -- 3000 good troops, who will be substituted in Gen Bragg's army by a large number of prisoners recently returned from Arkansas Post, captured and reorganized, now on their way to Gen Pemberton.

"[42] On May 6, 1863, the Texas Troops from Arkansas Post, along with Hart's Battery were allowed to make their quarters in the Confederate Capitol building in Richmond.

Exactly how the surviving enlisted personnel from Hart's second battery were utilized during the Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaigns is unclear as the Compiled Service Records for most members of the unit end with the prisoners being exchanged at City Point Virginia.

After being exchanged in May 1863, Hart likely moved from Virginia to Tullahoma with the remnants of the battery and then made his way back across country and across the Mississippi River to rejoin confederate forces in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi.

Lieutenant Tiller had made application to become a Cadet, (a type of officer in training) in the Confederate Army, and Captain Hart provided a letter of recommendation.

In consequence of neglect or carelessness the beautiful flag presented us by the ladies of Dallas was left on the field on Saturday morning of the fight ( at Pea Ridge/Elkhorn Tavern, Mar.